This paper presents the findings of two independent studies which examined the test-retest reliability and the fall-off effects of the Munich Life Event List (MEL). The MEL is a three-step interview procedure for assessing life incidents which focuses on recognition processes rather than free recall. In a reliability study, test-retest coefficients of the MEL, based on a sample of 42 subjects, ...

The article by Lowe et al, illustrates how valuable lessons can be learnt from an individual hospital’s experience of two major incidents. A major incident is, thankfully a rare occurrence, so when one does take place, every opportunity should be taken to learn from it. This article gives a rare insight into how an analysis of these incidents can lead to critical changes in response and managem...

Trust in cross-media applications is essential to successful collaboration. Cross media service delivery encompasses different types of security incidents and assumes a level of trust on the part of the participants of any one transaction. As enterprises and participants of cross media transactions become more susceptible to security risks facilitated by the heterogeneity of data being exchange...

Almost all of the clinical and empirical literature on female parricide victims focuses on mothers killed, with only little information available on stepmothers murdered. This study is the first to compare the victim, offender, and case correlates in incidents when mothers and stepmothers were killed. Supplementary Homicide Report Data for 1976-2007 were used to investigate similarities and dif...

Staff ratings of 595 supervised forensic psychiatric patients on the Proximal Risk Factor Scale and the Problem Identification Checklist were completed monthly for an average of 33 months. During the follow-up, there were 265 incidents, 86 of which were violent. The average ratings, excluding those from the index month, differentiated patients who had incidents from those who did not. As well, ...

An understanding of adverse incidents and injuries sustained by active wheelchair riders, who live and work in the mainstream of society, is needed to improve safety via wheelchair design, selection, and configuration. We interviewed 109 riders who had experienced incidents, in order to identify the causes of incidents and injuries they suffered. Participants reported n = 253 incidents (53% in ...

Kenya's major incidents profile is dominated by droughts, floods, fires, terrorism, poisoning, collapsed buildings, accidents in the transport sector and disease/epidemics. With no integrated emergency services and a lack of resources, many incidents in Kenya escalate to such an extent that they become major incidents. Lack of specific training of emergency services personnel to respond to majo...

Critical incident reporting is a useful quality improvement technique for reducing morbidity and mortality in anaesthesia. This study analyses 93 cases in Kuala Lumpur Hospital from July 1995 to January 1997. The main incidents during anaesthesia in this study were airway incidents. While human error was identified as the main factor contributing to the occurrence of adverse incidents. Critical...

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of choking incidents among the psychiatric population of 4 inpatient facilities, classifying the incidents according to their probable etiology. METHOD All incidents recorded over 18 months were retrospectively analyzed for demographic variables, psychiatric and medical diagnoses, and drug therapy at the time of incident. Where possible, patients underwent psyc...

OBJECTIVES To describe homicide-followed-by-suicide incidents involving child victims METHODS Using 2003-2009 National Violent Death Reporting System data, we characterized 129 incidents based on victim and perpetrator demographic information, their relationships, the weapons/mechanisms involved, and the perpetrators' health and stress-related circumstances. RESULTS These incidents accounte...